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Putting the Twin Cities back on the radar

November 14, 2010, Star-Tribune

The metro area has lagged in job growth and other measures of business health. The solution involves a regional development . . . .

Editorial: Twin Cities needs regional jobs push

April 17, 2010, Star-Tribune

Itasca task force points to need for unified plan of action . . .

Education reform makes for strange political bedfellows

April 2010, Star-Tribune

Minnesota Business and Foundations urge legislators to get into Obama's "Race to the Top"

More Than 20 Major Minnesota Employers Pledge to Help Employees Improve Retirement Savings, Personal Finance Management

23 April 2008

Best Buy, HealthPartners, SUPERVALU, U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and others in Itasca Project form "Financially Fit Minnesota" to impact thousands of Minnesota families...

Employers, workers can be financially fit

23 April 2008, startribune.com

Itasca Project aims to boost retirement savings, banking...

Savings beget savings

23 April 2008, startribune.com

When employees put away money for retirement it's good for them - and for the companies...

Itasca Project rolls out Financially Fit Minnesota initiative

23 April 2008, minneapolis-stpaulbusinessjournal.com

A new initiative aimed at improving financial literacy and security among employees was launched today by a Twin Cities economic development group...

Growing Inclusively: Why Doing the Right Thing Is the Competitive Thing in the Twin Cities

24 May 2006, The Minnesota Forum

I want to thank the Minneapolis Foundation for the opportunity to speak at this Forum. It is an absolute pleasure to be back in the Twin Cities...

Report: Racial, economic disparities threaten region's economic growth

27 October 2005, Minnesota Public Radio

Researchers say the next generation of workers will be more diverse. But disparities in education and income are preventing...

ITASCA PROJECT: A FIGHT AGAINST DISINVESTMENT

28 March 2004, Star-Tribune

Four years ago, at the turn of a new century, this page suggested that the Twin Cities was losing its competitive edge...

CEOs OF NEW CORPORATE ERA BRING NEW CIVIC THINKING: LOOSELY ORGANIZED ITASCA GROUP MEETS PRIVATELY TO DEFINE - AND ACT ON - CRUCIAL ISSUES FOR THE TWIN CITIES REGION

22 February 2004, by Rochelle Olson, Star-Tribune

For the second half of the last century, a core of homegrown civic leaders, most notably the Dayton brothers, led family-owned businesses...

JIM CAMPBELL - CHAIR, THE ITASCA PROJECT

February 2004

The Twin Cities has a longstanding reputation as a great place to live; it also has benefited from a history of impressive civic leadership...